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that she was awarded the role was music to her ears. It would be torture now waiting for filming to begin.
     
    “Yes, I just got the call a few minutes ago,” James then said. “So if there’s anything happening between you and McKinsey, it’ll have to stop. Filming starts in three months, and most of the shooting will be in London.”
     
    “I swear to you,” Cassie said confidently, still overjoyed at the news. “Nothing’s happening, and nothing will.”
     
    And oh, how wrong she was.
     

     
    Cassie didn’t expect him to be at Lorie’s house party, but when Dylan walked through the front doors of her friend’s Hollywood Hills mansion, Cassie tried her best to keep her jaw from going slack. Nothing seemed to have changed about him. He was still the same Dylan McKinsey with those sharp, angular jaw bones, ice-blue colored eyes, and contrasting black hair. When she saw him, he froze in place for a fleeting second before he gathered himself and walked towards her.
     
    “Cassie!” he greeted, pulling her in for a hug. “It’s great to see you!”
     
    They had been doing interviews and TV appearances together the past weeks, but it was different to be in the same party, a private one, with no paparazzi, reporters, or fans watching their every move. They could be themselves tonight without having to worry whether or not their names would appear on tomorrow’s news. They could be themselves…exactly how they were during their last night in France in that bistro.
     
    “Same here,” she said, eyes and voice lighting up. “I’d ask what you’ve been up to, but I could easily enumerate your five most recent interviews.”
     
    When he laughed at her statement, Cassie let out a sigh of relief and instantly felt at ease. Everyone knew she wasn’t the most talkative person, even Lorie was eyeing her mischievously at the moment, but there was something about Dylan that made him very welcoming and easy to talk to.
     
    “I actually just watched our unscripted interview,” Dylan said, taking the space on the couch right beside hers. “I had a blast filming it and answering the questions that I just needed to see how the final video turned out.”
     
    “And what’s your verdict?” Cassie then asked, taking a sip of her drink – wine for the night.
     
    “I was laughing my ass off,” he said; then he fished for his phone at the back pocket of his jeans. “Let’s watch it right now!”
     
    Cassie definitely found it amusing, as evidenced by the way she tried to cover up her giggles by covering her mouth with her hands. Watching the interview in the tiny screen of Dylan’s phone, there was no way their bodies wouldn’t touch. Their thighs rubbed against each other as half of Cassie’s upper torso rested on Dylan’s chest. Before they could pull away from one another, a bunch of their mutual friends invaded their tiny bubble and plopped themselves onto the empty couches and bean bags.
     
    “A-ha!” Lorie teased, propping her eyebrows up and down. “What do we have here?”
     
    That was Cassie’s cue to move a few inches away from Dylan. It was ironic that she was an actress, but she wasn’t used to the spotlight. She could finish an interview and insert a few jokes here and there, but she would feel awkward and embarrassed the whole time. Even with small groups such as this, she didn’t like when all eyes were on her, so she stayed quiet and let Dylan take the stage.
     
    “I thought you said we wouldn’t have to worry about unwanted questions?” Dylan replied smoothly. “I remember you saying this is a private party.”
     
    “But friends tell one another secrets,” said Ella, one of their co-stars in ‘The Timeline Before I Love You’. “So what’s really up between you two?”
     
    “And I’m going to get a drink!” That was Cassie, and before anyone could stop her, she stood up from her space on the couch and walked over to the kitchen. When she opened the fridge door, she